التاريخ اليميني 46.9

46.9

كذاك سيوف الهند تنبو ظباتها ... وتقطع أحيانا مناط القلائد

They found a road (which led) from the upper castle, and when the green sea struck out, "Allah Akbar," they stood against the head of the Kafirs, and twisted them round their scimitars, and cast the troops upon the ground. They stood firm for a time, and made charges from their own position, when the rain of swords reached them, and the heavenly decree preserved the people of Islam from the edge of their scimitars and the point of their spears (Verse) "The swords of Hind were blunted by their strokes, "And when they cut our necklaces saved our lives." At length it became known that all events are in the grasp of destiny, and that the well-formed scimitar, although its force may be extreme and its edge sharp, is but a subject of the command and vassal of the decree of fate, if it penetrate to the Muslim's blood; and herein destiny exhibited its usual blessedness, but if it had been weak it would have been the cause of some wonder-working providence, and for the display of some miracle. These despicable ones were astonished; and, when they saw the indications of the power of these champions of religion, and were witnesses of their arms and appurtenances, they said one to another, "This body of men is not of the race of mankind or of the human family !